USB memory stick could not be mounted

[pdc]

the dmesg | tail says:

SCSI device sda: 4077568 512-byte hdwr sectors (2088 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sda: assuming drive cache: write through
sda: sda1
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
usb-storage: device scan complete
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
lp0: console ready
FAT: Unrecognized mount option "uid=knoppix" or missing value
pdc@box:~$

can anyone advise me on how to be able to read the memory sticks please

[devils casper]

Hi pdc,

try to mount USB stick manually.

su
mkdir usb_stick
mount /dev/sda1 usd_stick
ls usb_stick

in case mount command throws filesystem error, use -t <file_system> option.

[pdc]

thanks: I will try this:

looking at fstab, it seems already mounted;

/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,shortname=winnt,uid=kn oppix,gid=knoppix 0 0

could it be the uid=knoppix, gid=knoppix that is causing the problem?

[pdc]

I am perhaps using the wrong verb: I cannot open sda1

[MikeTbob]

thanks: I will try this:

looking at fstab, it seems already mounted;

/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=000,shortname=winnt,uid=kn oppix,gid=knoppix 0 0

could it be the uid=knoppix, gid=knoppix that is causing the problem?

You could edit fstab like this, to see if it works.
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=0 0 0

And you don't want to open /dev/sda1 use the mount point /media/sda1

[pdc]

I had two problems: could not open memory stick;

a temporary fix of
su mkdir /media/usbdisk
mount /dev/sda1 -t auto /media/usbdisk provided an effective but temporary fix

and when the solution loomed of editing fstab, I could not do this; seeking help,

I was told to open a console and type kdesu kwrite /etc/fstab and whilst the text editor was german-text, I edited it:

/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 auto noauto,users,exec,umask=000,uid=username,gid=users 0 0

I can now open the memory stick easily with Konqueror; thank you all very much;

I hope Google can find this to help any others; I was struck how many texts on editing fstab were written by experts; but little to guide beginners on how to do it!